Professorship for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

From November 2025 or by agreement

The Faculty of Medicine of the University of Basel and the University Psychiatric Clinics Basel are looking for aProfessor for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Your position

With your commitment to university research and teaching, you will inspire students for your subject and promote the next generation of academics in psychiatry in general and in child and adolescent psychiatry in particular. Your participative, goal-oriented understanding of leadership ensures an attractive working environment for academic and clinical staff of all professional groups. You will lead a child and adolescent psychiatry research group and create a fertile environment for a successful research team. Your scientific expertise and broad interest in applied-clinical as well as translational research ensures and promotes the continuing and advanced training of junior researchers from all professional groups. As Director of the Clinic for Children and Adolescents, you will be responsible for the professional and economic management of the clinic and, as a member of the Executive Board of the University Psychiatric Clinics Basel, for the implementation of the strategy.Your clinical expertise and interest in continuing medical education ensures and promotes the continuing and advanced training of residents and senior physicians in child and adolescent psychiatry according to the guidelines of the Swiss Institute for Continuing Medical Education (SIWF).

Your profile

You have a successful own research activity, including competitive acquisition of third-party funding, in an associated research area. You have proven leadership experience in an academic environment. You have broad clinical experience in all areas of child and adolescent psychiatry and the highest clinical expertise in at least one of its subspecialties. Thanks to your distinctive expertise, your leadership and communication skills as well as your high social competence, you gain acceptance and trust. You create an attractive working environment, inspire creative thinking and action, and encourage your employees. You have good German language skills

We offer you

• An inspiring and varied job in a university and clinical environment
• An innovative, interdisciplinary and open research environment
• A responsible leadership role
• An interdisciplinary collaboration in a future-oriented company
• Attractive university facilities for teaching and research